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Oxford Chabad was vandalised with swastika on anniversary of October 7

Graffiti motivated by ‘extreme and irrational hate of Israel’, says Jewish student centre director

December 5, 2024 12:55
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The Swastika was discovered on the Oxford Chabad Slager Jewish Centre on Simchat Torah (Credit: Oxford Chabad)
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A swastika was scrawled on the front of a Jewish student centre in Oxford on the morning of Simchat Torah this year, the anniversary of October 7, in the latest in a spate of “hate" incidents on campus.

The graffiti was found on the blue sign of the Oxford Chabad Slager Jewish Centre on October 25 and was reported to Thames Valley Police.

Rabbi Eli Brackman, director of the Oxford University Chabad Society, has condemned the attack as motivated by the spread of “extreme and irrational hate of Israel” on campus.

“On Simchat Torah morning, the anniversary of the 7/10 attacks, a swastika was found drawn on the front of the Oxford Chabad Slager Jewish Student Centre,” he said.